Jan 18 2021
Google’s Most Asked Questions About Employment Law, Part 4
Can employers assign mandatory overtime? For the most part, yes. Employers are allowed to make the ability to work overtime – even without notice – a condition of employment. There […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jan 17 2021
Google’s Most Asked Questions about Employment Law, Part 3
How does the Supreme Court Case Bostock v. Clayton County impact employment law? In Bostock, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the language in Title VII of the Civil Rights […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Sep 16 2020
Google’s Most Asked Questions about Employment Law, Part 2
How does employment law protect employees? At its most basic level, employment law circumscribes the employment relationship. Or, put another way, it says what employers can and cannot do vis-à-vis […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jul 30 2020
Google’s Most Asked Questions about Employment Law, Part 1
What is employment law? Generally speaking, “employment law” is the constellation of constitutions, statutes, regulations, and legal cases that governs the relationship between individual employees and their employers. If you […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Apr 7 2020
Taking FMLA Leave? What You Need to Disclose to Your Employer
Changes to Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act Effective January 1, 2022. Learn more. You may already understand when FMLA leave comes into play. The federal Family and Medical Leave […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Feb 11 2019
What the Connecticut Legislature Can Do to Prevent Sexual Harassment
At Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Fitzgerald & Pirrotti, P.C., we have been advocating for workers for more than 40 years. We are proud to have represented countless employees who have experienced workplace […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Sexual Harassment
Sep 24 2018
10 Common Questions about Employment Contracts
Our previous blog posts, “10 Common Questions about Severance Agreements” and “10 (More) Common Questions about Severance Agreements,” have helped a number of people who are trying to negotiate their […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Commentary
Apr 12 2018
10 (More) Common Questions about Severance Agreements
Our previous blog post, “10 Common Questions about Severance Agreements,” seems to be attracting a lot of attention. But apparently, there are more than 10 frequently asked questions about severance […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jan 26 2018
“Labor” & “Employment” Lawyers – or “Labor Law” versus “Employment Law”
The law can be a mysterious field to many lay people, not least because of all the technical words we lawyers use — words like “jurisdiction,” “affidavit,” or “hearsay.” This […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
Jan 24 2018
What You Can Do to Stop Sexual Harassment
The #MeToo movement has taken the nation by storm over the past few months, and Connecticut is no exception. As victims and survivors are courageously stepping out of the silence […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Sexual Harassment
Dec 5 2017
What to Do If You Are Being Sexually Harassed
Connecticut’s workers have watched in wonder over the past few months as employee after employee has come forward on the national stage to say that they were subjected to sexual […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Sexual Harassment
Jul 17 2017
10 Common Questions about Severance Agreements
If you just received a severance agreement from your employer (or think you soon might), this Employee Rights Blog post is for you. 1. Why is the agreement so long? […]
Posted by Joshua R. Goodbaum in Employment Law
About Joshua R. Goodbaum
A graduate of Harvard and Yale, and a Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” for employment law, Josh Goodbaum represents employees and other civil rights plaintiffs in litigation and negotiation.
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